COMOROS
The Comoros is a country and an archipelago consisting of three major islands in the Indian Ocean. The capital and largest city in Comoros is Moroni. It became part of the French colonial empire in the end of 19th century before becoming independent in 1975. At 1,660 km2 (640 sq mi), excluding the contested island of Mayotte, the Comoros is the fourth-smallest African nation by area. The population, excluding Mayotte, is estimated at 900,000. As a nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations, the archipelago is noted for its diverse culture and history.
In addition, the country has a claim on a fourth major island named Mayotte (Maore), though Mayotte voted against independence from France in 1974 and has never been administered by an independent Comoros government, and continues to be administered by France.
It became part of the French colonial empire in the end of 19th century before becoming independent in 1975. Since declaring independence, the country has experienced more than 20 coups d'état or attempted coups and lives with some political instability. It is one of the poorest country in the world.
BEST TIME to VISIT COMOROS
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to MORONI
From August to October
old houses - today more and more replaced by tin-plate houses
This red large box is locked and contains a television
every day when electricity is up around 6pm, village people are seating on these benches and are looking the TV installed in the red locked box. Each of them paid a part of the TV
pretty lizard with a green belly
relax at the beach
woman dancing with music
children don't have plenty games, so they are meeting on this beach near a car carcasse
overview of a village
boat and goats on the beach
woman in front of a house
women making cakes
young boy
young boys
ocean shore landscape
the famous Ylang Ylang tree famous for its flowers user by perfume industry
typical house
Ocean shore landscape
Ylang Ylang local distillery
mother and young girl
woman cooking
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
young man
Elegant young women
young boy and green bananas
couple
young girls
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
young girl
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
young girl
women carrying wood
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
young girl
young girl in pink
Motorbike
young girl
young girls
woman with tomatoes plate on her head
young man waiting a bus
woman with the typical powder on her face to be protected from the sun
2 women and one baby
relax at the beach
Fishing boat on the beach in front of a village
Fishing boat on the beach in front of a village
Ocean shore landscape
Ocean shore landscape
sandy beach with a boat
woman in red and a man
woman
restaurant
Ocean shore
pretty white house
relax at the Hotel pool
Moroni - women walking in the street
Moroni - house
Moroni - woman walking in the street
Around Moroni - Houses along the Indian Ocean
Moroni - old house
Mayotte is the 4th large island of the Comoros archipelago and have never neen a part of the country of Comoros but Comoros are claiming for it - And the Mayotte people voted to stay with France. Today many people from Comoros are trying to migrate illegaly to Mayote on small boats
Moroni - house
Moroni - street view with a mosque
Moroni - shop
Bird's-eye
Moroni - house made with volcanic stones
Bird's-eye
Indian ocean view around Moroni
House and the Karthala volcano
Ocean shore with waves and black lava
Ocean shore with waves splashing the lava rocks
Moroni - Mosque
Moroni - shop
Moroni - colorful restaurant
Moroni - old house
Moroni - Mosque near the harbour
Moroni - pretty house
Moroni - house
Moroni - house made with volcanic stones
Woman
woman in pink
woman
a couple at Moroni airport returning after their Mecca Pilgrimage (Hajj)
man at Moroni airport returning after their Mecca Pilgrimage (Hajj)
man resting at the airport between 2 flights
women
couple
women making cakes
relax at the beach
Mongoose lemur - here the male with a reddish fur and a female with white on the neck
Mongoose lemur - here the female with white on the neck
Mongoose lemur - here the female with white on the neck
Mongoose lemur - here the male with a reddish fur and a female with white on the neck
Mongoose lemur - here the female with white on the neck
Mongoose lemur - here the male with a reddish fur
Mongoose lemur - here the male with a reddish fur
Mongoose lemur - here the male with a reddish fur
street view in a village
woman
pink house
young men in a village
women cooking
woman
women cooking
woman with colorful clothes
street view
small house and erosion
houses in a village
street view in a village
Moheli have a lush landscape
typical house
lush vegetation
Town on Indian ocean shore
children playing soccer
Anjouan produces a lot of cloves, here drying on the ground
Ocean Indian shore - Volcanic rocks
Indian Ocean shore - house
Indian ocean view
volcanic landscape
volcanic landscape
town in the mountains
landscape
Airport Anjouan
Old abandoned french government property after independence
landscape
Ocean shore with fishing boats and a wreck
Comoros have a big problem of trash management - Most of it are left on beaches, rivers and countryside
Comoros have a big problem of trash management - Most of it are left on beaches, rivers and countryside. Even car carcasses are abandoned anywhere
Comoros have a big problem of trash management - Most of it are left on beaches, rivers and countryside
Comoros have a big problem of trash management - Most of it are left on beaches, rivers and countryside
young woman
young boy playing with a homemade toy
Hairdresser working outside without any shop
women
woman
Man carrying plants
street view
women
Families are mostly living outside during the day
young girl looking if there is something interesting in the garbage left on the beach
young boys
woman transporting wood
women
young boy
Man carrying plants
women
street view
women at the market
woman
young boy
Mutsamudu is the capital of Anjouan - houses
Mutsamudu is the capital of Anjouan - street view
Mutsamudu is the capital of Anjouan - house
Palm trees and indian ocean
Indian Ocean - Rocks
Palm trees and indian ocean
Palm trees and indian ocean
man transporting plants on his motorbike
Palm trees and indian ocean
bad roads means also flat tyres
village along the coastline
Indian Ocean- landscape
river
family outside of their house
unpaved road
River
house in a village
River
landscape
Boys
landscape
Tree along the coastline
women
old ylang ylang distillery
women
children
man and women
women walking
women at the local market
river
old colonial style house - today the town hall
women at the market
Men at the market
old colonial style house
beautiful bay
Indian Ocean and rocks
Indian Ocean and rocks
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean and coastline
River and Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Unpaved road
landscape
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean and volcanic rocks
women and girls
women
advertising
Pier
Ship and the pier
house in a village
small shop in a village
Road in bad condition in a village
Men
local market
local market
boys
family
boys
cloves drying on a roof in a city
Road in bad condition in a village
merket
Road in bad condition in a village
street view in a village
truck on the road
Anjouan produces a lot of cloves, here drying on the ground
man
Mosque
selling fish in the street
cutting a fish
yellow house
house
Mosque
Indian Ocean - landscape
greencolor house
market
yellow and pink houses
Building in a town
Woman walking in the street
motorbike on the road
laundry in the river
houses and palm trees
laundry in the river
man on a motorbike
women
colorful house
Entrance of a old abandoned french building
old abandoned french building
Entrance of a old abandoned french building
woman
small town in the mountains
women
family
women
market
houses
shop
overlooking the roofs where clothes are drying
woman and her shop
shop
shop
women
women
women